Bill Nicholson
William Beck Nicholson (Swish)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 11, 1914 in Chestertown, MD
High School: Chestertown (Chestertown, MD)
School: Washington College
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1936. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1936
Final Game: September 19, 1953
Died: March 8, 1996 in Chestertown, MD
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1936 21 PHA AL 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /O
1939 24 CHC NL 58 243 220 37 65 12 5 5 38 0 20 29 .295 .354 .464 .818 116 102 1 0 3 O
1940 25 CHC NL 135 545 491 78 146 27 7 25 98 2 50 67 .297 .366 .534 .899 147 262 7 3 1 *O AS,MVP-20
1941 26 CHC NL 147 617 532 74 135 26 1 26 98 1 82 91 .254 .357 .453 .810 131 241 8 3 0 *O AS,MVP-16
1942 27 CHC NL 152 673 588 83 173 22 11 21 78 8 76 80 .294 .382 .476 .859 155 280 7 8 1 *O MVP-19
1943 28 CHC NL 154 684 608 95 188 30 9 29 128 4 71 86 .309 .386 .531 .917 165 323 7 5 0 *O AS,MVP-3
1944 29 CHC NL 156 686 582 116 167 35 8 33 122 3 93 71 .287 .391 .545 .935 161 317 3 6 5 *O AS,MVP-2
1945 30 CHC NL 151 660 559 82 136 28 4 13 88 4 92 73 .243 .356 .377 .734 106 211 9 6 3 *O
1946 31 CHC NL 105 345 296 36 65 13 2 8 41 1 44 44 .220 .325 .358 .683 95 106 4 2 3 O
1947 32 CHC NL 148 580 487 69 119 28 1 26 75 1 87 83 .244 .364 .466 .831 123 227 4 5 1 *O
1948 33 CHC NL 143 581 494 68 129 24 5 19 67 2 81 60 .261 .371 .445 .816 124 220 5 5 1 *O
1949 34 PHI NL 98 350 299 42 70 8 3 11 40 1 45 53 .234 .344 .391 .735 99 117 1 5 1 O
1950 35 PHI NL 41 66 58 3 13 2 1 3 10 0 8 16 .224 .318 .448 .766 101 26 2 0 0 O
1951 36 PHI NL 85 196 170 23 41 9 2 8 30 0 1 25 24 .241 .342 .459 .801 114 78 1 1 0 O
1952 37 PHI NL 55 106 88 17 24 3 0 6 19 0 0 14 26 .273 .390 .511 .902 149 45 0 3 1 O
1953 38 PHI NL 38 74 62 12 13 5 1 2 16 0 0 12 20 .210 .338 .419 .757 97 26 2 0 0 O
16 Seasons 1677 6418 5546 837 1484 272 60 235 948 27 1 800 828 .268 .365 .465 .830 132 2581 61 52 20
162 Game Avg. 162 620 536 81 143 26 6 23 92 3 77 80 .268 .365 .465 .830 132 249 5 2
CHC (10 yrs) 1349 5614 4857 738 1323 245 53 205 833 26 696 684 .272 .368 .471 .840 136 2289 55 43 18
PHI (5 yrs) 317 792 677 97 161 27 7 30 115 1 1 104 139 .238 .347 .431 .778 109 292 6 9 2
PHA (1 yr) 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
NL (15 yrs) 1666 6406 5534 835 1484 272 60 235 948 27 1 800 823 .268 .366 .466 .832 132 2581 61 52 20
AL (1 yr) 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1936 21 PHA AL 12 12 0 0.0 120 .000 .000 .296 .000 .371 .000 .435 .000 .806 -100 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1939 24 CHC NL 243 159 36 6.0 105 .323 .295 .283 .354 .349 .464 .404 .818 .753 116 .625 4.4 0.4 .782 .259 .168 .0
1940 25 CHC NL 545 353 95 7.3 96 .303 .297 .269 .366 .334 .534 .388 .899 .721 147 .717 30.3 3.0 .901 .342 .236 3.7
1941 26 CHC NL 617 405 85 5.6 91 .263 .254 .261 .357 .331 .453 .368 .810 .699 131 .635 22.8 2.4 .807 .355 .199 1.9
1942 27 CHC NL 673 423 105 6.7 84 .312 .294 .251 .382 .322 .476 .349 .859 .672 155 .737 40.5 4.3 .882 .325 .182 11.6
1943 28 CHC NL 684 427 123 7.8 89 .323 .309 .264 .386 .332 .531 .358 .917 .690 165 .775 49.0 5.1 .944 .345 .222 7.0
1944 29 CHC NL 686 423 122 7.7 94 .280 .287 .268 .391 .335 .545 .376 .935 .712 161 .754 48.8 5.0 1.002 .423 .258 5.5
1945 30 CHC NL 660 435 74 4.6 95 .260 .243 .271 .356 .340 .377 .374 .734 .714 106 .529 7.4 0.8 .725 .306 .134 6.1
1946 31 CHC NL 345 238 34 3.8 91 .234 .220 .260 .325 .335 .358 .364 .683 .699 95 .474 -1.3 -0.1 .651 .291 .139 1.8
1947 32 CHC NL 580 373 81 5.8 102 .246 .244 .269 .364 .344 .466 .399 .831 .743 123 .599 18.0 1.7 .860 .402 .222 1.9
1948 33 CHC NL 581 371 80 5.7 99 .265 .261 .264 .371 .338 .445 .391 .816 .728 124 .613 18.4 1.8 .832 .352 .184 3.6
1949 34 PHI NL 350 231 39 4.5 101 .251 .234 .267 .344 .340 .391 .399 .735 .739 99 .494 0.2 0.0 .730 .311 .157 1.8
1950 35 PHI NL 66 47 8 4.6 106 .256 .224 .267 .318 .344 .448 .414 .766 .758 101 .482 -0.2 -0.0 .723 .362 .224 .0
1951 36 PHI NL 196 131 26 5.3 102 .239 .241 .266 .342 .340 .459 .403 .801 .743 114 .576 3.4 0.3 .786 .359 .218 .0
1952 37 PHI NL 106 65 17 7.0 96 .321 .273 .260 .390 .333 .511 .387 .902 .721 149 .722 6.3 0.6 .969 .398 .239 .0
1953 38 PHI NL 74 51 9 4.7 109 .275 .210 .273 .338 .344 .419 .425 .757 .769 97 .485 0.0 0.0 .745 .403 .210 .0
16 Seasons 6418 4144 934 6.0 95 .279 .268 .265 .365 .336 .465 .378 .830 .714 132 .654 244.2 25.0 .839 .347 .198 48.4
162 Game Avg. 620 400 90 6.0 95 .279 .268 .265 .365 .336 .465 .378 .830 .714 132 .654 24 2 .839 .347 .198 5
CHC (10 yrs) 5614 3607 835 6.2 94 .282 .272 .265 .368 .335 .471 .375 .840 .710 136 .669 238.2 24.4 .851 .348 .199 46.1
PHI (5 yrs) 792 525 99 5.0 102 .258 .238 .266 .347 .340 .431 .402 .778 .742 109 .548 9.9 1.0 .774 .347 .194 1.9
PHA (1 yr) 12 12 0 0.0 120 .000 .000 .296 .000 .371 .000 .435 .000 .806 -100 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
NL (15 yrs) 6406 4132 934 6.1 95 .279 .268 .265 .366 .336 .466 .378 .832 .714 132 .656 248.1 25.4 .841 .347 .198 48.4
AL (1 yr) 12 12 0 0.0 120 .000 .000 .296 .000 .371 .000 .435 .000 .806 -100 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 30 CHC NL WS DET L 7 30 28 1 6 1 1 0 8 0 0 2 5 .214 .267 .321 .588 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 30 28 1 6 1 1 0 8 0 0 2 5 .214 .267 .321 .588 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 CHC NL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1941 CHC NL 26 as RF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1943 CHC NL 28 as RF 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 CHC NL 29 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1945 CHC NL 30 DNP
5 Seasons (4 Appearances) 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1936 21 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1937 22 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1938 23 11 12 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1939 24 69 255 232 39 65 12 5 5 38 0 0 20 34 .280 .337 .440 .777 105 102 1 0 3
1940 25 204 800 723 117 211 39 12 30 136 2 0 70 101 .292 .357 .503 .860 133 364 8 3 4
1941 26 351 1417 1255 191 346 65 13 56 234 3 0 152 192 .276 .357 .482 .839 132 605 16 6 4
1942 27 503 2090 1843 274 519 87 24 77 312 11 0 228 272 .282 .365 .480 .845 139 885 23 14 5
1943 28 657 2774 2451 369 707 117 33 106 440 15 0 299 358 .288 .370 .493 .863 146 1208 30 19 5
1944 29 813 3460 3033 485 874 152 41 139 562 18 0 392 429 .288 .374 .503 .877 149 1525 33 25 10
1945 30 964 4120 3592 567 1010 180 45 152 650 22 0 484 502 .281 .371 .483 .855 142 1736 42 31 13
1946 31 1069 4465 3888 603 1075 193 47 160 691 23 0 528 546 .276 .368 .474 .841 138 1842 46 33 16
1947 32 1217 5045 4375 672 1194 221 48 186 766 24 0 615 629 .273 .367 .473 .840 136 2069 50 38 17
1948 33 1360 5626 4869 740 1323 245 53 205 833 26 0 696 689 .272 .368 .470 .838 135 2289 55 43 18
1949 34 1458 5976 5168 782 1393 253 56 216 873 27 0 741 742 .270 .366 .466 .832 133 2406 56 48 19
1950 35 1499 6042 5226 785 1406 255 57 219 883 27 0 749 758 .269 .366 .465 .831 133 2432 58 48 19
1951 36 1584 6238 5396 808 1447 264 59 227 913 27 1 774 782 .268 .365 .465 .830 132 2510 59 49 19
1952 37 1639 6344 5484 825 1471 267 59 233 932 27 1 788 808 .268 .365 .466 .831 132 2555 59 52 20
1953 38 1677 6418 5546 837 1484 272 60 235 948 27 1 800 828 .268 .365 .465 .830 132 2581 61 52 20

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1936 21 11 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1939 24 61 251 230 38 67 12 5 5 39 0 21 31 .291 .351 .452 .803 37 58
1940 25 142 575 519 84 156 29 7 27 105 2 53 70 .301 .369 .539 .908 102 135
1941 26 153 653 560 84 148 29 1 29 111 1 90 95 .264 .369 .475 .844 97 147
1942 27 161 740 642 104 203 26 13 25 98 9 89 85 .316 .407 .514 .921 131 152
1943 28 161 737 651 112 212 34 10 33 151 5 80 90 .326 .404 .561 .965 145 154
1944 29 162 714 609 125 178 37 9 35 132 3 99 74 .292 .396 .555 .951 132 156
1945 30 158 688 585 87 143 29 4 14 93 4 97 76 .244 .358 .379 .737 78 151
1946 31 110 367 315 43 74 15 2 9 49 1 50 46 .235 .343 .381 .724 41 105
1947 32 155 606 510 73 125 29 1 27 79 1 91 87 .245 .365 .465 .829 86 148
1948 33 149 611 519 73 138 26 5 20 72 2 87 63 .266 .376 .451 .827 87 143
1949 34 102 363 311 43 73 8 3 11 41 1 47 55 .235 .344 .386 .730 40 98
1950 35 43 68 60 3 13 2 1 3 10 0 8 17 .217 .309 .433 .742 8 41
1951 36 88 203 176 24 42 9 2 8 31 0 26 25 .239 .340 .449 .789 27 85
1952 37 57 111 93 19 26 3 0 6 21 0 15 27 .280 .396 .505 .902 19 55
1953 38 39 76 64 11 13 5 1 2 15 0 12 21 .203 .329 .406 .735 8 38
16 Seasons 1752 6776 5857 925 1611 293 64 254 1047 29 865 867 .275 .373 .477 .850 1038 1677
162 Game Avg. 162 627 542 86 149 27 6 23 97 3 80 80 .275 .373 .477 .850 96 1677

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

All-Star Games
1940 *
1941 (RF)
1943 (RF)
1944 *
1945

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1940 NL (20, 4%)
1941 NL (16, 5%)
1942 NL (19, 4%)
1943 NL (3, 54%)
1944 NL (2, 56%)
1.23 Career Shares (182nd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1943 NL  .309 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1942 NL  .382 (7th)
1943 NL  .386 (7th)
1944 NL  .391 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1940 NL  .534 (2nd)
1942 NL  .476 (6th)
1943 NL  .531 (2nd)
1944 NL  .545 (2nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1940 NL  .899 (3rd)
1942 NL  .859 (6th)
1943 NL  .917 (2nd)
1944 NL  .935 (5th)
Career  .830 (231st)

Games Played s c a p y
1942 NL  152 (3rd)
1943 NL  154 (4th)
1944 NL  156 (2nd)
1945 NL  151 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1942 NL  588 (4th)
1943 NL  608 (7th)
1944 NL  582 (10th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 NL  673 (2nd)
1943 NL  684 (5th)
1944 NL  686 (4th)
1945 NL  660 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1942 NL  83 (10th)
1943 NL  95 (3rd)
1944 NL  116 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  173 (2nd)
1943 NL  188 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1940 NL  262 (7th)
1942 NL  280 (3rd)
1943 NL  323 (2nd)
1944 NL  317 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1943 NL  30 (8th)
1944 NL  35 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1942 NL  11 (2nd)
1943 NL  9 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  25 (2nd)
1941 NL  26 (3rd)
1942 NL  21 (4th)
1943 NL  29 (1st)
1944 NL  33 (1st)
1947 NL  26 (7th)
1948 NL  19 (10th)
Career  235 (224th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1940 NL  98 (6th)
1941 NL  98 (5th)
1942 NL  78 (8th)
1943 NL  128 (1st)
1944 NL  122 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  82 (5th)
1942 NL  76 (8th)
1944 NL  93 (2nd)
1945 NL  92 (4th)
1947 NL  87 (7th)
1948 NL  81 (4th)
Career  800 (240th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1940 NL  67 (6th)
1941 NL  91 (3rd)
1942 NL  80 (3rd)
1943 NL  86 (2nd)
1944 NL  71 (3rd)
1945 NL  73 (3rd)
1947 NL  83 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1942 NL  119 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1940 NL  147 (2nd)
1942 NL  155 (5th)
1943 NL  165 (2nd)
1944 NL  161 (5th)
1947 NL  123 (10th)
Career  132 (146th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1940 NL  95 (8th)
1942 NL  105 (4th)
1943 NL  123 (2nd)
1944 NL  122 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1940 NL  30 (6th)
1942 NL  41 (3rd)
1943 NL  49 (2nd)
1944 NL  49 (4th)
Career  244 (187th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1940 NL  3.0 (6th)
1942 NL  4.3 (3rd)
1943 NL  5.1 (2nd)
1944 NL  5.0 (4th)
Career  25.0 (173rd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1940 NL  59 (5th)
1941 NL  53 (7th)
1942 NL  54 (4th)
1943 NL  68 (2nd)
1944 NL  76 (2nd)
1947 NL  55 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 NL  257 (4th)
1943 NL  264 (2nd)
1944 NL  266 (4th)
1945 NL  234 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1940 NL  .717 (4th)
1942 NL  .737 (6th)
1943 NL  .775 (2nd)
1944 NL  .754 (7th)
Career  .655 (185th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1942 NL  8 (1st)
1943 NL  5 (3rd)
1944 NL  6 (3rd)
1945 NL  6 (4th)
1947 NL  5 (3rd)
1948 NL  5 (2nd)
1949 NL  5 (6th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1942 NL  11.6 (4th)
1943 NL  7.0 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1940 NL  19.6 (3rd)
1941 NL  20.5 (3rd)
1942 NL  28.0 (5th)
1943 NL  21.0 (1st)
1944 NL  17.6 (2nd)
1947 NL  18.7 (6th)
1948 NL  26.0 (10th)
Career  23.6 (232nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1945 NL  435 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
1951 NL  born 1914-12-11 (8th)
1952 NL  born 1914-12-11 (4th)
1953 NL  born 1914-12-11 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 19 (113), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 104 (206), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 50 (378), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (639), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ray Lankford (921)
  7. Larry Doby (920) *
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  5. Larry Doby (970) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bobby Higginson (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bobby Higginson (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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